Levy County 4-H has announced the schedule for the 2016 Summer Day Camp program.

To register or find out about pricing, deadlines, age limits or times please call the 4-H office at 352-486-5131, visit our website at www.levy.ifas.ufl.edu or stop by the Extension Office at 625 N. Hathaway Ave, Bronson, to pick up an informational page and enrollment form.

The 2016 recreational red snapper season in Gulf of Mexico state waters opens Saturdays and Sundays in May starting Saturday, May 7.

On May 28, the season will open continuously through July 10. The season will also reopen for Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in September and October, and on Labor Day. This would provide for a 78-day season in Gulf state waters.

This season will help maintain fishing opportunities for recreational anglers in state waters and provide additional May and fall weekend fishing days.

As a professional fishing guide I am concerned about the future of the resource that provides me an opportunity to pursue my passion...which of course is fishing. But I am very concerned that too many guides are only concerned about "today's dollar" by a practice that needs to stop, giving away their personal limit to their customers. And some guides do this twice a day which is clearly not legal.

Biologists are asking the residents of Cedar Key to assist in providing information regarding nesting pairs of ospreys and the young they produce in the area as the first survey to better understand their status is underway.

Some 30 nests have been located and identified in the area of Cedar Key up to the No. 4 Bridge. If you have active osprey nesting sightings, please provide a location and the type of activity you are observing.

The annual Children and Teen Summer Art Programs will be July 18-28 with exhibition of work on July 29. Registration forms will be available the second week of May from Patty Jett.

It fills up fast, so contact Jett at jett32625@yahoo.com if you want to reserve a spot for your youngster. Volunteers to help with the Children’s Program and teachers for the Teen Program are being sought.

The Levy/Gilchrist Retired Educators Association meets on the third Monday of every month at the Gathering Table in Chiefland with no June or July meeting. The meeting will start at 10:30 a.m. followed by lunch. Any retired educator from Gilchrist or Levy counties is invited to attend.

Free Summer Yoga in Cedar Key

8-9:15 am Monday, Wednesday, Friday – Cedar Key Library. Yoga CDs are used for instruction and some experience is necessary.

The theme for the 2017 Old Florida Celebration of the Arts Design Contest is “It's All About the Water.” and the festival's organizers are issuing a call to artists to submit their works for consideration as the festival's logo.

Whether you live in the water, live on the water, play on the water or just simply love to look at the water, Cedar Key is the place to be to enjoy it. The 2017 festival will be held on April 8 and 9.

Homeowners in four unincorporated areas of the county who live within 5 road miles, not as the crow flies, can rejoice: Your fire insurance could get lowered as of Aug. 1.

That is because the Insurance Services Office which rates a community’s ability to fight fires has lowered the unincorporated county’s rating from a 9 or 10 the worst rating that carries high fire insurance premiums to a 4/4X for four areas served by county fire stations. Basically, lower ratings mean lower premiums.